Props List for
Inherit the Wind
ACT I
Act I Scene 1a (Street)
General Props:
3 Rubber Worms on ground
Melinda:
Bunch of Daisies
Howard:
Makeshift Fishing Pole
Tin Can with dirt
Rachel:
Suitcase for Bert
Package with Shirt and Tie (in suitcase)
Meeker:
Towel
Shaving Cream
Broom (Straw)
Key ring
Act Scene 1b (Street)
General Props:
Large Table for food (5' long 20" Wide)
"Read Your Bible" Sign with Snaps for courthouse
Wooden Ladder or step stool.
12 Signs for people (see script for phrases)
Money for people who buy things.
Food:
Fried Chicken (1 Platter)
Potato Salad (! Big Bowl)
Various fruits (Apples, Oranges, Appricots) in Bowls
Sandwiches (PB&J, Cheese) (2 platters)
Dishes:
3 Pitchers of Water
2 Pitchers of Lemonade
Paper Plates and napkins
Serving Spoons
Silverware (metal or metal looking)
Paper Cups (Plain)
Table Cloth
Mr. Goodfellow:
Apron
Broom (Straw - same as Meekers)
Mrs. Krebs:
Fancy Fan (still with stick)
Rev. Brown:
Bible
Hornbeck:
Small Suitcase
The McClain's:
Bag of Fans (50 but only 20 in bag)
Trumpet
The Kimbles:
Lemonade Stand
Pitcher of Lemonade
Paper cups
Pitch Pipe
Penny for Monkey
Organ Grinder:
Box with monkey
Tin Cup
Elijah:
Apple Box with Bibles (3 or 4)
Hot Dog Man:
Box with Hotdogs (8 dogs)
Act I Scene 1c (Street)
General Props:
Signs (from 1b)
Mr. Brady:
Empty Plate with bone
Mayor:
Proclamation for Brady
Honorary Col. Certificate
Reporters:
Pads and pencils
Photographer:
Old fashioned camera
Rachel:
Pitcher of Lemonade
Martha:
Pitcher of Ice Tea
Mrs. Blair:
Bowl of Pickeled Apricots
Hornbeck:
Apple (for scene 1d)
Act I Scene 1d (Street)
General Props:
none
Hornbeck:
Apple
Tear Sheet
Act I Scene 1e (Street)
General Props:
Small purse (for one of the women)
Fans for others.
Melinda:
Another Penny
Organ Grinder:
Box with Monkey and tin cup
Drummond:
Small Satchel (for Scene 2a)
Act I Scene 2a (Court Room)
General Props:
Two Tables for Attorneys
1 American flag in corner
4 Hard Backed Chairs for attorneys
1 high back chair for judge
1 chair for witness stand
Water Glasses and pitchers for each table.
Pads of paper for each table
Fans for townfolk and jurors
Judge:
Gavel
High backed chair
Pitcher plus water glass
Various stacks of paper/folders
Meeker:
Clipboard with papers
Stool
Key ring
Announcement about prayer meeting
Drummond:
Grip
Pad of paper
Fan folder
Darwin's Origins of Species
Cates:
Single Pencil and pad
Davenport:
Briefcase or satchel
several Fan Folders
Pad of paper iwht several pens.
Brady:
Fan
Bible
Pad with paper
Briefcase or satchel.
Reporters:
Pads
Pencils
Bellows Camera (for James)
Act I Scene 2b (Court Room)
General Props:
Courtroom stuff (from 2a)
Fans for people
Various cases, briefs, etc. to be carried off.
Brady:
Pen to use to autograph
Mrs. Blair:
Fan
Meeker:
New Indictment sheet
Drummond:
Old Indictment Sheet (in folder)
Act I Scene 2c (Court Room)
General Props:
Courtroom stuff (from scene 2a)
Cates:
Pad
Pencils
Drummond:
Pads
Briefs (folders)
Stachel / Case
Meeker:
Broom (straw)
Act I Scene 3 (Street)
General Props:
2 Hard Backed chairs for Brady's
5 short Benches (2 people)
Bibles (Elijah, Brown, Krebs)
Blankets (Blair's, McClain's, Loomis')
Fans for townfolk
Sarah:
Handkerchief for Matthew
Hand Bag
Reporters:
Pads and Pencils/Pens
Photographer:
Camera with Flash (if possible)
Brady:
Clippings about Hornbeck
Hornbeck:
Newspaper
Pocket Watch
Rev. Brown:
Bible
Pocket Watch
Elijah:
Bible
Mrs. Kimble:
Pitch Pipe and/or hymnal
ACT II
Act II Scene 1 (Court Room)
Same props as in Courtroom in Act I Scene 2a. With the following
additions:
Dr. Page:
Rock that splits open to reveal a fossil.
Act II Scene 2 (Court Room)
Same props as in Courtroom in Act I Scene 2a. With the following
additions:
Esterbrook:
Old Fashioned Carbon Microphone
50' of cord.
Brady:
Sandwich
Glass of lemonade
Napkins
Speech for end
Jury:
Verdict Sheet
Hornbeck:
Newspaper
Money for Bail
Mr. Meeker:
Reciept for Bail
Eskimo Pie Hawker:
Box of Eskimo Pies
Mayor:
Telegram
Rachel:
Suitcase
Darwin's Origin of Species